Whiffletree.



No. 835,904. PATENTED NOV. 13, 1906.

G. HARRBLL.

WHIFFLBTREE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 19, 1906.

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UNITED sirngiis PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application led March 19, 1906. Serial No. 306,859.

To a/L wiz/0m it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CONRAD HARRELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Whigham, in the county of Grady and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whiffletrees, and .l do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in whiffletrees and clips therefor; and it'consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

The object 4of the invention is to provide a whiflletree with clips and hooks which may be readily applied and removed and upon which the traces will be effectively retained.

The above and other objects, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, are accomplished by the construction illustrated. in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved whiffletree. Figs. 2 and 3 are transverse sectional views through the same, taken, respectively, on the planes indicated by the lines 2 2 and 3 3 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of my improved whiffletreehook.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes a draft-tree or whiifletree which may be used either as a swingletree or doubletree,

but which is here shown as a swingletree, and has removably secured upon its center and its two ends clips 2 3. The center clip 2 is in the form of a strap of metal bent around the bar 1 and having its projecting ends 4 apertured at 5 to receive a hook or link 6. The clip 2 is removably secured upon the bar by means of a bolt passed through alining openings in the same and in the opposite or upper and lower sides of the clip, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The two end clips 3 are also formed of strips of metal which are bent around the rounded ends of the bar 1 and have their ends 8 overlapping upon the top of the same and formed with alining openings 9, through which and through alining openings 10 11 in the bar and the bottoms of said clips are passed bolts 12, which have nuts 13 upon their upper threaded ends. The clips 8 `are thus removablyseto receive improved trace-hook 15.

cured upon the bar 1. Each of these clips is formed with a forwardly-projecting loop 1'4 The latter, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, is formed from a single piece of metal bent at one of its ends to form a loop or eye 16, which extends through and engages the loop or eye 14 upon one of the clips 3 and bent at its opposite end to form a hook 18, which has its bill 19 bent to form a spring retaining tongue 20. The loop or eye 16 is disposed transversely and the hook 18longitudinally, its bill 19 extending inwardly and the end or tongue 20 being curved forwardly and inwardly to cross said bill and prevent the eye upon the end of the trace from slipping off ofthe same. It will be seen that in applying the trace to the hook the ring, loop, or eye upon the trace is slipped over the tongue 20, then moved rearwardly around the loop shaped bill 19, then brought forwardly and sprung past the retaining-hook 20 and into the forward portion of the hook 18, as shown in the drawings; Extending laterally through the bar 1 adjacent to its outer ends are eyebolts 22 for the reception of stay-chains or drag-chains.

' The construction, use, and advantages of the invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. By making the clips and hooks in the manner set forth it will be seen that they may be quickly and easily applied to and removed from the bar and the traces should any of the parts break or should it be desired to substitute a shorter or longer bar. It will also be noted that the hooks will effectively hold the traces so that it will beimpossible for them to slip or work off.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A whiffletree-bar having a strap extending around and secured thereto and forming a clip provided with an eye on the front side of said bar, and ya hook formed of a single piece of metal bent at one end to form a transversely-.extending eye engaging the eye of the clip, and bent at its opposite end to form tongue normally bearing against one side of a hook With a rearwardly-extending bill7 a the bill and closing the loop. 'loop in the bill and a forwardly-extending In testimony whereof I have hereunto s'et spring-tongue normally bearing against one my hand invpresenoe of two subscribing Wit- 5 side of the bill and Closing the loop. nesses.

2. A Whiiiletree-hook formed of a single CONRAD HARRELL piece of metal bent at one end to form an eye and bent at the opposite end to form a hook Witnesses:

With a rearwardly-extending bill, a loop in C. B. MGNAIR, 1o the bill and a forwardly-extending Springl C. MOBLEY. 

